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> > Does anybody have a list of all of the cyclists who have won two of the three "Grand Tours" (EG
> > The Giro d'Italia, The Tour de France, and Vuelta A Espana), at least one time each in their
> > careers?
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> > That is, I'm look for a list of cyclists who have won:
> >
> > A) The Tour de France AND the Giro d'Italia
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> > OR B) The Tour de France AND the Vuelta a Espana
> >
> > OR C) The Giro de Italia AND the Vuelta a Espana
The interesting thing is that only 21 different riders have managed to win (at least) two of the
three Grand Tours, over the course of their careers.
Of those riders, 8 of them managed to achieve "Doubles", by winning 2 of the Grand Tours in the
same year. They are:
Jacques Anquetil Giovanni Battaglin Fausto Coppi Bernard Hinault Miguel Indurain Eddy Merckx Marco
Pantani Stephen Roche
Interestingly, Battaglin, Pantani, and Roche won just 2 Grand Tours in their respective careers,
but managed to still achieve Doubles by winning them both in the same year.
Battaglin-- Giro and Vuelta, 1981 Pantani -- TdF and Giro, 1998 Roche -- TdF and Giro, 1987
The only riders to achieve a TdF and Giro Double in the same year are:
Anquetil, in 1963 Hinault, in 1978
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> > Also, which of cyclists who managed to achieve one of the above, was able to accomplish the
> > feat in the SAME YEAR?
> >
> > Finally, how many cyclists have won all three Grand Tours at some point in their career?
>
>
> Merckx, Hinault and Anquetil are the only riders that come to mind to have won all three.
Also, the Italian rider, Gimondi:
Felice Gimondi 1965 Tour de France 1967 Giro d'Italia 1968 Vuelta a España 1969 Giro d'Italia 1976
Giro d'Italia
Felice Gimondi never achieved a "Double", but he managed to win all three Grand Tours in the span
of 4 years.
Merckx won Giro and Vuelta in '73, Anquetil the
> Vuelta and Tour in '63. Roche won the Giro and Tour in '87. I believe that Hinault won the Giro
> and Tour in '82 and '85.
Hinault also won the TdF and the Vuelta in the same year (1978)
Bernard Hinault 1978 Tour de France Vuelta a España 1979 Tour de France 1980 Giro d'Italia 1981 Tour
de France 1982 Tour de France Giro d'Italia 1983 Vuelta a España 1985 Tour de France Giro d'Italia
Giovanni Battaglin achieved the unusual Double of winning the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a
Espana in the same year. The only other rider to do so (as you noted above) was Merckx, in 1973
Giovanni Battaglin 1981 Giro d'Italia Vuelta a España
Like Battaglin, Marco Pantani won his only 2 Grand Tour victories in the same year. He won the TdF
and the Giro in 1998:
Marco Pantani 1998 Tour de France Giro d'Italia
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> Keep in mind that the Vuelta switched from April to September in 1995, and seems to have been
> changed to feature steep climbs over flatter stages, I guess to favor the Spanish teams.
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Information from Heather's research:
here's a list i got from the info at
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/veloarchive/riders
sorry if someone is missing or something is incorrect, there are a lot of cyclists to look thru.
Jaques Anquetil 1957 Tour de France 1960 Giro d'Italia 1961 Tour de France 1962 Tour de France 1963
Tour de France Vuelta a España 1964 Tour de France Giro d'Italia
Gino Bartali 1936 Giro d'Italia 1937 Giro d'Italia 1938 Tour de France 1946 Giro d'Italia 1948
Tour de France
Giovanni Battaglin 1981 Giro d'Italia Vuelta a España
Fausto Coppi 1940 Giro d'Italia 1947 Giro d'Italia 1949 Tour de France Giro d'Italia 1952 Tour de
France Giro d'Italia 1953 Giro d'Italia
Pedro Delgado 1985 Vuelta a España 1988 Tour de France 1989 Vuelta a España
Laurent Fignon 1983 Tour de France 1984 Tour de France 1989 Giro d'Italia
Charly Gaul 1956 Giro d'Italia 1958 Tour de France 1959 Giro d'Italia
Felice Gimondi 1965 Tour de France 1967 Giro d'Italia 1968 Vuelta a España 1969 Giro d'Italia 1976
Giro d'Italia
Bernard Hinault 1978 Tour de France Vuelta a España 1979 Tour de France 1980 Giro d'Italia 1981 Tour
de France 1982 Tour de France Giro d'Italia 1983 Vuelta a España 1985 Tour de France Giro d'Italia
Miguel Indurain 1991 Tour de France 1992 Tour de France Giro d'Italia 1993 Tour de France Giro
d'Italia 1994 Tour de France 1995 Tour de France
Jan Janssen 1967 Vuelta a España 1968 Tour de France
Hugo Koblet 1950 Giro d'Italia 1951 Tour de France
Eddy Merckx 1968 Giro d'Italia 1969 Tour de France 1970 Tour de France Giro d'Italia 1971 Tour de
France 1972 Tour de France Giro d'Italia 1973 Giro d'Italia Vuelta a España 1974 Tour de France
Giro d'Italia
Gastone Nencini 1957 Giro d'Italia 1960 Tour de France
Luis Ocaña 1970 Vuelta a España 1973 Tour de France
Marco Pantani 1998 Tour de France Giro d'Italia
Roger Pingeon 1967 Tour de France 1969 Vuelta a España
Stephen Roche 1987 Tour de France Giro d'Italia
Toni Rominger 1992 Vuelta a España 1993 Vuelta a España 1994 Vuelta a España 1995 Giro d'Italia
Jan Ullrich 1997 Tour de France 1999 Vuelta a España
Joop Zoetemelk 1979 Vuelta a España 1980 Tour de France
